Flashcards in Basic geography P Deck (33):
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Peshmerga
Kurdish fighter
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Pharaoh
King of ancient Egypt
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Philosophy
General study of knowledge in the world; Greek for "love of wisdom"
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Physical map
Map that shows physical, or natural, features
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Pictograms
Picture symbol
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Pilgrimage
Religious journey
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Place
Mix of human and nonhuman features at a given location
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Plain
Large area of flat or gentle rolling land
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Plateau
Large, mostly flat area that rises above the surrounding land
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Plate tectonics
Theory that explains how huge blocks of the Earth's crust called "plates" move
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Plebeian
Non patrician citizen of ancient Rome
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Poaching
Illegal hunting
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Polar zone
Areas north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic circle; also known as high latitudes
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Polders
Areas of dry land reclaimed from lake bottoms or the seabed
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Political map
Map that shows political units, such as countries or states
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Political party
Group that supports candidates for public office
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Political stability
When politics proceed without violence or destruction
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Pollution
Waste that makes the air, soil, or warmer less clean
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Population density
Measure of the number of people per unit of land
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Population distribution
Spreading of people over an area of land
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Precipitation
Water that falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
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Prehistory
Time before humans invented writing
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Presidential system
System of government in which voters directly elect the president
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Primary industry
Industry involving the collection of resources from nature, such as fishing
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Primary source
Information that comes directly from the person who experiences and events
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Producer
Person or business that makes and sells products
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Productivity
Amount of goods or service produced given the amount of resources used
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Profit
Money a company has left over after subtracting the cost of doing business
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Projection
Way to map Earth on a flat surface
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Propaganda
Information created or distributed by governments in order to influence public opinion
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Prophet
A messenger of God
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Pull factor
Cause of migration that pulls, or attracts, people to new countries
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